* unclear if the below is true or we take care of travel expenses automatically

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As soon as we know the costs for each person, we will apply for reimbursement from the e.V. Each of the participants books their flight/tickets etc and sends a reimbursement form to the e.V. (kde.org/ev)

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Each takes care of his/her/other own travel, but of course you can apply for financial support from the KDE e.V. - it is what they are for, so do it if financial considerations make you sleep worse. kde.org/ev

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Only a tip, but it is usually cheaper, when flying trans-Atlantic to fly to

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It is usually cheaper, when flying trans-Atlantic to fly to

London or Paris first and then use Ryanair or another low cost carrier

London or Paris first and then use Ryanair or another low cost carrier

to get to the final destination. The English language wikipedia page

to get to the final destination. The English language wikipedia page

Revision as of 09:54, 7 October 2009

This page is about the Booth Sprint 2009 and the Marketing Sprint 2009. We are aiming at a joint sprint location and date.

Location

Date

Using http://doodle.com/w92mtg9z6zqngx7d we have decided the Sprint will be from November 13 to November 15 (fri-sun) with the days before (Thursday 12th) and after (Monday 16th) arrival/departure dates. Of course this depends on convenience for each participant...

Booth Sprint

Agenda

In general, everything related to booths (and promo). Feel free to suggest
things you'd like to do as well.

flyers: there have been some cool "get involved" flyers on the promo list lately, however, what's missing is the kind of flyer that informs about KDE, about pim, about edu, etc.

posters and other booth artwork: how should KDE booths look like?

booth box: what do we have, what do we need, does the booth box fulfill its purpose, what else can be improved, ...

KDE showcase: an installation medium which is dedicated to showcase KDE (this already started at openSUSE conference)

documentation: make life easier by providing to-do lists and/or guidelines for booth setup, booth management, questions you have to answer, ...

Marketing sprint

Agenda

Over the course of 3-5 days, a get-together of marketing people could come up with content and graphics for both the booklet and spread.kde.org (and probably design some posters and other promo material), while also discussing and preparing the KDE 4.4 release announcement and feature guide. We might even have a shot at doing some other kde.org work. And of course - drink beer!

The goal is both planning and coordinating but also explicitly to Get Things Done (TM). Specifically to generate content for the release, booklet and spread.kde.org.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be taken care off, the below is only for planning purposes.

Travel

As soon as we know the costs for each person, we will apply for reimbursement from the e.V. Each of the participants books their flight/tickets etc and sends a reimbursement form to the e.V. (kde.org/ev)

It is usually cheaper, when flying trans-Atlantic to fly to
London or Paris first and then use Ryanair or another low cost carrier
to get to the final destination. The English language wikipedia page
suggests that there is a direct flight Atlanta to Stuttgart via Delta
Airlines if anyone is looking that route.

There is an international airport in Stuttgart. However, it doesn't look like
they have direct transatlantic flights. However, There is a direct train connection going from right underneath the Frankfurt airport terminal to Stuttgart main station, which is most likely the easier and cheaper route.